Sky news presenter Colin Brazier has announced his wife Jo Brazier has died at the age of 55.
The veteran presenter tweeted a tribute to Jo Brazier on Friday alongside a photo of his wife with two of their six their children.
It read: “Jo Brazier.
“Wife. Mother. Friend.
“Died peacefully July 6th 2018, aged 55.”
Mr Brazier’s wife died after a battle with breast cancer on Friday morning.
The broadcaster had taken time off after Mrs Brazier received a terminal prognosis earlier in the year.
In a tribute published in the Catholic Herald he wrote: “My wife has touched many people with her ebullience, common sense and kindness.
“She has been deluged with cooked meals, text messages and phone calls. Flowers and notes have come from relatives, former work colleagues, neighbours, friends from church, members of the three choirs she sings with and Pony Club mums.
“The bouquet that produced the most tears was from her “check-out girls”: the supermarket staff she has always made time to talk to.
“Providing food for eight made her a regular.
“But being the kind of person who refused to see human interactions as transactional made her beloved.”
Mr Brazier joined sky news in 1997, his wife joined later as head of foreign news.
She left the role in 2002 to focus on raising her six children.
Many former colleagues of Mrs Brazier paid tribute to her on Friday.
ITV newsreader Julie Etchingham said: "All our love and prayers Xxx"
Fellow Sky presenter Kay Burley said: “RIP my darling Jo Brazier. Warrior who fought the ultimate battle with humour and dignity.”
